Population - slightly less than Uruguay.
Economics - How does that affect a team?
Nameless - My name is Mike Mcloughlin and I have been watching my country play for 40+ years.The current form says we are one of the best four teams in Europe and have one of the world's best players.We've had too many reality checks in the past so I must humbly beg your forgiveness for daring to actually enjoy a very rare success for our country!
WC Qualifying - Which country do you follow? How easy is their route?Would they get out of any UEFA group?
Allocation - Still not 50% though
Best Teams etc- Last time they were there New Zealand went out undefeated.Why shouldn't they have the same chance as everyone else?
Slots - Increasing the Asian and African allocations improved the game there no end.Would regular Inter-American competition not help to improve the current CONCACAF nations?
Best teams? - Not always,sometimes absolute joke sides get in where better sides from other areas don't but that is the beauty of the game.To stifle the world game the way the CL stifles most club football would be a mistake.

What is the problem? All success starts with one win so how do we know this isn't the start of something for however long it lasts?You seem to resent the fact that not only did Wales qualify after years of often heartbreaking near misses(look them up) but that they did way better than some supposed superior nations when they got there.The vast majority of football fans around the world seemed to enjoy our adventure and we managed to get two players in the Team Of The Tournament (should have been three-Bale had a better all round tournament than Ronaldo).As for South American football - not too clever recently..Brazil haven't excited really since '82 and Europe has won 4 out of the last 5 World Cups.If there's to be no merger then reduce CONMEBOL's representation and give one to an unmerged Oceania or increase CONCACAF,s.No confederation these days should have 50% of their teams qualify.

We would have been in the play off under the old system so may have got through.Fact remains we did and got ,deservedly, to the semi-final,beating the #2 ranked team(again!) on the way.So whose "deserved" place do you think we took?

In terms of members why not? Conmebol has 10 members and sometimes gets 5 teams at the WC whereas Oceania regularly gets none.Those represent 50% of CONMEBOL's membership the equivalent of 27 UEFA teams.If it means a South American "giant" has to give way to e.g. New Zealand, so be it.BTW Russia "world class"?You did see what we did to them?

For the actual amount of members it has CONMEBOL is massively over represented as it is.Maybe it's time for a Pan-American Confederation.As for this year's Euro, can anybody say with any certainty the Netherlands or any other so called "big" nation would have bettered Iceland let alone Wales?

That 3rd place team who couldn't get past Iceland,Czech Republic and Turkey in qualifying?Forgive my lack of sympathy but rankings had nothing to do with it, just being crap did! If I had my way it would be a free draw ,so what if Germany,France,Spain and Italy got drawn together?Tough! The best cup competition in the world(FA Cup) has no seeding whilst the worst (Champions League) is weighted in favour of so-called better leagues and rich teams.

The Russian Football League has Baltika Kaliningrad and Energiya Vladivostok in the same division,now that is some trip!Not to mention the upcoming Toronto Wolfpack joining the Rugby League. Hockey in London has never really lasted any amount of time in the modern era.Belfast ,Sheffield ,Cardiff and Nottingham are the main centres in Britain.

As a Welshman every win was a highlight,the way we played in most games and showing that we belonged on this stage.Ramsey,Bale,Allen and Chester were outstanding and nobody will forget beating Belgium .